| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 256 pages) : illustrations |
| Note |
"With extensive research and a cultural context, Stuckey-French describes the many reasons essays grew in appeal and importance for Americans. He also explores the rise of E.B. White, considered by many the greatest American essayist of the first half of the twentieth century ... This book is one of the first to consider and reflect on the contributions of E.B. White to the personal essay tradition and American culture more generally."--Jacket. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-246) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : defending the essay -- The genteel essay and the gentleman at the fireside -- The "death" of the essay -- The essay in the Progressive Era -- New York, New York : the arrival of the colyumnists -- Starting out at the New Yorker -- Leaving the New Yorker -- Epilogue : "once more to the lake," history, and freshman composition. |
| Summary |
"With extensive research and a cultural context, Stuckey-French describes the many reasons essays grew in appeal and importance for Americans. He also explores the rise of E.B. White, considered by many the greatest American essayist of the first half of the twentieth century ... This book is one of the first to consider and reflect on the contributions of E.B. White to the personal essay tradition and American culture more generally"--Jacket. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
New Yorker (New York, N.Y. : 1925)
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White, E. B. (Elwyn Brooks), 1899-1985.
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White, E. B. (Elwyn Brooks), 1899-1985. (OCoLC)fst00035391
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New Yorker (New York, N.Y. : 1925) (OCoLC)fst01788224
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American essays -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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Essayists -- 20th century.
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Essay.
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American prose literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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American prose literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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LITERARY COLLECTIONS -- Essays.
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American essays. (OCoLC)fst00807040
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American prose literature. (OCoLC)fst00807422
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Essay. (OCoLC)fst01198491
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Essayists. (OCoLC)fst00915436
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Essay. (DE-588c)4015553-5
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United States. (DE-588c)4078704-7
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| Chronological Term |
Geschichte.
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1800-1999
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Stuckey-French, Ned. American essay in the American century. Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri Press, ©2011 9780826219251 (OCoLC)679935652 |
| ISBN |
9780826272546 (electronic bk.) |
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0826272541 (electronic bk.) |
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